Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-19
1T. PATR1CK,S DAY.

How it was Observed in Butte-Par
ades, Band Serenades and q
Ball at Night.
Yesterday opened bright and beautiful
as a day in May, just as though tn
weathO clerk was a good Irishman AND
was bound the celebration of the a~nniver
sary OF Ireland's Patron Saint should bt
just as elegant a thing in the way of weathe,
he ever turned out to bless an auspicious
occasion. At an early hour throngs Of
our Irish citizens appeared upon the streets
and rom then on until midnight Main
street was crowded, and in some places at
times was impossible. The streets were
bad in spots, but for the most part were
fairly passable. Most of the mills gave
their men permission to participate in
the celebration to those who felt inclined,
and many awaited themselves of the per-
mission. Joe Clark, Superintendent OF
the MOulton, was kind enough to let his
men off yesterday and made it the change
day instead of Sunday. =
w. e. Hall. the Superintendent of the
Alice mine, raised his flag in honor of the
occasion. and told his men to celebrate if
they wished.
The Anaconda mine let all their men off.
except the force necessary to keep things
running.
Superintendent Doyle closed down the
Silver Bow mine to let his men participate
in the celebration.
The Bonner Mercantile Company closed
their store ut 2 O'Clock p. M, in honor OF
the day.
There was no general closing movement
among merchants, many of them doing an
unusually line business, people taking ad-
vantage OF the holiday to stock up with
spring goods. But the dealers in "wet''
goods were the most benefited by the
crowds on the street, those on Main street
being damned to s~uffocation. As a conse-
quence, there was much merriment and
jollity visible on all sides, and remarkably
little disposition to quarrel. Taking into
consideration the great crowd, the elements
it was composed of, and the ~inadequacy of
police force to contend with any unusual
turbulence, the city is to be congratulated
on the orderly conduct of the immense
throng.
H RIFLEs.
This company assembled at their armory
on East Broadway at 9 a.. m. and, headed
by the Parnell Band in uniform, marched
up Main street to Walkerville. The boys
of the rifles speak in terms OF the highest
praise OF the reception accorded them by
the citizens of that elevated suburb. After
going through some excellently performed
%evolutions there they marched pack to the
city. As the Rifles passed the Bonner Mer-
camille Company's store, they were halted, |
Miss May S~haughnessy then stepped for
ward and presented the gallant and mar
tial appearing Captain Walsh with a beau
tiful bouquet with q cream colored ribbon
attached on which were the words: ITO
Captain G. j. Walsh. Parnell Rifles, from
your friends" The Captain was equal to |
the occasion and thanked h efairdonor in a
speech replete with gallantry. The company
resumed the line of march to st. Patrick's
church, and participated in the 1890 mass.
There were sixty men rank and file in the
company on parade and many were the eu-
~logistic remarks passed by the eager crowd
of onlookers upon their soldierly bearing
and particularly the gallant figure of their
popular commander. The company will
turn put 100 strong on the next parade. !
They intend to give a ball next month and
no distant day will give an exhibition
drill which, they promise, will eclipse any
thing of the kind ever witnessed IN the Ter
The music furnished by the Parnell
on the line ofmarch was the occasion
of frequent applause from the crewd on the
The following were the officers Of the
Captain. C. j. Walsh; First Lieu
John L. Sullivan; Second Lieuten-
ant, Charles Gardner; Junior Second Lieu
tenant, John Hurley.
After leaving church they marched to
the Sisters Hospital, in front Of which
they went through the manual of arms.
They then marched to their armory. where
a few speeches were made by some mem
ln-o - AL1 NV M 0%hDnn orl nffor |
to some selections by the band.s
broke ranks, feeling that their first
had been a success. In the even
ing thu members attended the ball in uni.
form and were conspicuous on the floor
among the many handsome men.
THE EMMETT GUARD BAND.
1t was matter of general regret that the
Emmett Guard did not favOr the citizens
the light OF their presence. They de.
cided not to parade at their meeting at 8
yesterday morning. But the EN-
met Guard Band paraded in their bright
new uniforms, and ~discoursed a choice &C.
lection of Irish national airs. They made
b very imposing sight. They serenaded
many of the leading places OF business, and
among the rest stopped in front of the
West Broadway, out of compliment to
the most prominent real estate firm in
Butte. The band was halted facing the Of
fee, and played some of their finest selec-
1t was a genuine surprise to
the genial gentlemen composing
the firm, and Colonel Curtis,
as he stepped to the front
to acknowledge the compliment, said as
in so many words. The Colonel was
of the national enthusiasm of the day
md his flowery response was replete with
we'll worded illusions to the memories OF
the old sod made sacred by the day cele-
He spoke in terms of highest
of the hero whose name they bore;
recounted briefly, but graphically, the
energetic efforts of the band OF patriots
low thrilling the world by the noble, self
sacrificing fight they we're making in the
halls of Westminster to wrest from British
the land of poetry and song re-
Gently trodden to the dust by unjust ex-
and expressions OF centuries but
now, like the phoenix, rising from her ashes,
soon, he hoped, to take her place among
the nations, He trusted the day was not
lar distant when the sound of their
strains would be heard
in the land OF the man
whose name they bore, and
they would then write that epitaph which
Emmett forbade being written SO long as his
land was not free, and which has
been too long DELAYED.
At the conclusion of Colonel Curtis elo-
1uent address, the members of the band
we're invited into the office, where the CT
were passed round, and an ''era OF
FOOD feeling generally prevailed.
EXERCISES AT THE CHURcH.
The members of the Ancient Order of Hi